Tuesday, July 25, 2023

[Botany • 2023] Chionanthus monteazulensis (Oleaceae) • A New Species from the campo rupestre of Espinhaço Range, Brazil


Chionanthus monteazulensis Zavatin & Lombardi, 

in Zavatin, Almeida, Ramos et Lombardi, 2023. 
 
Abstract
The new species Chionanthus monteazulensis, from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, is here described and illustrated. It differs from somewhat similar C. fluminensis by the inflorescence size, two stamens (vs. four), the smaller and orbicular or wide-elliptic blades, and the smaller petals and fruits.

Keywords: endemism, Lamiales, Minas Gerais, Neotropics, Taxonomy, Eudicots


Chionanthus monteazulensis Zavatin & Lombardi


 
Danilo Alvarenga Zavatin, Roberto Baptista Pereira Almeida, Renato Ramos, Julio Antonio Lombardi. 2023. Chionanthus monteazulensis (Oleaceae), A New Species from the campo rupestre of Espinhaço Range, Brazil.  Phytotaxa. 603(3); 289-296. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.603.3.8
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